Herbert Edelsbrunner | |
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 Herbert Edelsbrunner at SoCG 2011 | |
| Born | March 14, 1958 |
| Education | Graz University of Technology |
| Spouse | Ping Fu |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Duke University IST Austria |
| Doctoral advisor | Hermann Maurer |
| Doctoral students | Franz Aurenhammer Steven Skiena Yusu Wang |
| Other notable students | Tamal Dey |
Herbert Edelsbrunner (born March 14, 1958) is a computer scientist working in the field of computational geometry, the Arts & Science Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics at Duke University, Professor at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), and the co-founder of Geomagic, Inc. He was the first of only three computer scientists to win the National Science Foundation's Alan T. Waterman Award.